Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Paul Goodwin conductor
Lin Jiang horn

KOZELUCH: Symphony in G minor
HAYDN: Horn Concerto No.2 in D
ARNE: Overture and March from “Alfred”
MOZART: Symphony No.25 in G minor

Once renowned across Europe as a pianist and composer, the Czech composer Leopold Koželuch has all but faded into obscurity while, were it not for his famous tune "Rule Britannia", most of us would have forgotten all about Thomas Arne. Do they, like Haydn's little-known Horn Concerto and Mozart's "other" G minor Symphony really deserve that obscurity? English early-music specialist, Paul Goodwin, will prove otherwise.

Paul Goodwin	Lin Jiang

The same concert is available on Sunday, 5 December 2010 at 3.00pm

Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Paul Goodwin conductor
Lin Jiang horn

KOZELUCH: Symphony in G minor
HAYDN: Horn Concerto No.2 in D
ARNE: Overture and March from “Alfred”
MOZART: Symphony No.25 in G minor

Once renowned across Europe as a pianist and composer, the Czech composer Leopold Koželuch has all but faded into obscurity while, were it not for his famous tune "Rule Britannia", most of us would have forgotten all about Thomas Arne. Do they, like Haydn's little-known Horn Concerto and Mozart's "other" G minor Symphony really deserve that obscurity? English early-music specialist, Paul Goodwin, will prove otherwise.

Paul Goodwin	Lin Jiang

Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Claus Peter Flor conductor
Xavier de Maistre harp

MOZART: Serenade in D – "Serenata Notturna"
HAYDN: Harp Concerto in D major, Hob. XVIII:11
BOIELDIEU: Harp Concerto
HAYDN: Symphony No.45 – “Farewell”

We say farewell to graduating students in the class of 1775 in Mozart's graceful Serenade, and to an entire orchestra in Haydn's most famously witty symphony. Meantime, we say welcome to French harpist Xavier de Maistre who has set out to "change the image of the harp". Hear his very masculine approach to this most feminine of instruments in two classic 19th century concertos.

Claus Peter Flor	Xavier de Maistre

The same concert is available on Sunday, 13 February 2011 at 3.00pm

Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Claus Peter Flor conductor
Xavier de Maistre harp

MOZART: Serenade in D – "Serenata Notturna"
HAYDN: Harp Concerto in D major, Hob. XVIII:11
BOIELDIEU: Harp Concerto
HAYDN: Symphony No.45 – “Farewell”

We say farewell to graduating students in the class of 1775 in Mozart's graceful Serenade, and to an entire orchestra in Haydn's most famously witty symphony. Meantime, we say welcome to French harpist Xavier de Maistre who has set out to "change the image of the harp". Hear his very masculine approach to this most feminine of instruments in two classic 19th century concertos.

Claus Peter Flor	Xavier de Maistre

Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Benjamin Bayl conductor
Mahan Esfahani harpsichord

HANDEL: Music for the Royal Fireworks
BACH: Harpsichord Concerto in E (BWV1053)
MOZART: Symphony No.41 – "Jupiter"

Making their Malaysian debuts, Australian conductor Benjamin Bayl and Iranian harpsichord virtuoso, Mahan Esfahani, team up for a programme of 19th century fireworks; Handel's spectacular music for a famous London river party, Bach's dazzling expose of an instrument more usually kept in the background, and Mozart's noble portrayal of a mythological giant.

Benjamin Bayl	Mahan Esfahani

The same concert is available on Sunday, 27 March 2011 at 3.00pm

Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Benjamin Bayl conductor
Mahan Esfahani harpsichord

HANDEL: Music for the Royal Fireworks
BACH: Harpsichord Concerto in E (BWV1053)
MOZART: Symphony No.41 – "Jupiter"

Making their Malaysian debuts, Australian conductor Benjamin Bayl and Iranian harpsichord virtuoso, Mahan Esfahani, team up for a programme of 19th century fireworks; Handel's spectacular music for a famous London river party, Bach's dazzling expose of an instrument more usually kept in the background, and Mozart's noble portrayal of a mythological giant.

Benjamin Bayl	Mahan Esfahani

Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Stephen Layton conductor
Elin Manahan Thomas soprano

CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in G minor (Op.6 No.8)
HANDEL: Arias, including "Ombra mai fù" from Xerxes
PACHELBEL: Canon and Gigue
ALBINONI: Adagio
HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in F (Op.6 No.9)

Director of Music at Trinity College, Cambridge, and Principal Conductor of the City of London Sinfonia, Stephen Layton is probably best-known for his award-winning discs of choral music. Hear him make his MPO debut in popular orchestral gems from the Baroque era while we welcome back Welsh soprano Elin Manahan Thomas in some of Handel's most popular arias.

Stephen Layton	Elin Manahan Thomas

The same concert is available on Sunday, 22 May 2011 at 3.00pm

Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Stephen Layton conductor
Elin Manahan Thomas soprano

CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in G minor (Op.6 No.8)
HANDEL: Arias, including "Ombra mai fù" from Xerxes
PACHELBEL: Canon and Gigue
ALBINONI: Adagio
HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in F (Op.6 No.9)

Director of Music at Trinity College, Cambridge, and Principal Conductor of the City of London Sinfonia, Stephen Layton is probably best-known for his award-winning discs of choral music. Hear him make his MPO debut in popular orchestral gems from the Baroque era while we welcome back Welsh soprano Elin Manahan Thomas in some of Handel's most popular arias.

Stephen Layton	Elin Manahan Thomas